The Fischer–Tropsch Process is a chemical process to convert the synthesis gas to paraffins by polymerisation that is a process originated in Germany especially for producing liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon fuels (as gasoline or gas oil) by passing a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen under catalysts (catalytic hydrogenation method) at elevated temperatures and at normal or higher pressures, around 200 ~ 350°C and 20 ~ 50 bars.
Reference Definition by Wikipedia: The Fischer–Tropsch Process is a collection of chemical reactions that converts a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons. These reactions occur in the presence of certain metal catalysts, typically at temperatures of 150 – 300 °C (302 – 572 °F) and pressures of one to several tens of atmospheres. The process was first developed by Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institute fur Kohlenforschung in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany, in 1925.
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